Ancient evils

Chapter 12: Magnificum perago

Several cloaked figures gathered around a large pit full of a strange black and purple energy, with a thick consistency, a bit like tar. Chanting in a strange language, if it was a language at all, echoed from them. When they spotted the ponies entering, they slowly rose their heads to reveal their faces. There were seven total ponies gathered. On the left end was a light blue unicorn stallion. In clockwise order from there, next was a green unicorn stallion pony. Then there was the pegasus stallion they saw earlier. In the center was the unicorn mare they have seen multiple times. To her right was a light grey pegasus mare, with a long dark purple mane. Lastly, two earth pony mares, one white and one a very light tan. The pool in the center bubbled, and something began to rise. Out came a gigantic alicorn, about the size of Celestia, if not a little smaller. He had a long, straight mane, which was bright red. His body rose out, and he was a very pale white. His horn was very sharp, and it was straight, with no turns or curves. His wings were quite large, like that of a bird of prey. He had now completely risen, and walked slowly out of the pool.

"I must admit, I was surprised to see you had gotten this far. But this is the end of the line for you. While I don't share the love of murder that my subjects do, I'm sure your pain shall be quite... delicious. But where are my manners? I am called Sin. I am one of the gods of your world. I assure you, this shall not be like the defeat of Discord. I will destroy you. *Sin said.*

*After this, the seven cultists bowed their heads down, and magical chains wrapped around them. Their life force was being drained to feed sin! The chains wrapped tighter and tighter, literally squeezing the life out of them. Their bodies were left as husks, and sin radiated with power.*

*"I hope you've said your prayers to Celestia...*** said Sin****

*A wave of power rushed over the ponies, pushing down on them like lead saddlebags. Sin flew to the ceiling and unleashed a barrage of darkness on the ponies. Numerous small orbs shot from his horn, and rained down on the ponies. Twilight prepared retaliation spells, and fired beams back at him. Some hit, and the ones that did singed him a bit. Under the cover of Twilight's fire, Zecora charged Sin and jammed a blade into his torso, causing a large bleeding wound. The young filly saw cages  towards the back of the room, with one pony inside. The stallion in the cage saw her, and began to yell and bang on the bars. She ran to him, and picked the lock open.*

*"Topaz! We need your help!" she said.*

*"I'll do the best I can."  said Topaz.*

*Topaz was a white stallion. He had a short cut blue mane, had glasses, and was a unicorn.. He ran towards sin and fired a large ball of yellow energy at Sin, which shocked him for a second, leaving him open. Rarity and Applejack both charged in and delivered a buck, Applejack bucked him in the jaw and Rarity in the side. Sin was getting angry. A pulse of magic shot from him, knocking everypony against the walls. Strange runic symbols floated in the air around Sin.*

*"Today shall be your final judgement!" Sin exclaimed*

*The runes dissipated one by one, and explosions fired out of each. They were as loud and powerful as cannon fire, and the runes flung ponies across the room, hurting them immensely. This drained quite a lot of both Sin's energy and that of the ponies. Gilda saw this as her chance and scratched at him, raking his flesh. Fluttershy charged him, and kicked him repeatedly. Sin was hurt, and couldn't keep up with this too much longer.*

*"So maybe your defeat of discord wasn't a fluke after all... but no matter."*

*Sin's horn was covered in dark energy like that of the pit he came from. The blast grew bigger and bigger, until it grew even bigger than him. Yet it kept going. Everypony tried to stop him with physical attacks and magic, but he didn't even flinch.*

*"This is the end." said Sin.*

*The blast was released, and the whole cave began to shake. He flung it down, but it was caught on the way by Gilda.*

*"You guys go!" Gilda yelled. "I'll hold him off!."*

*"We can't leave you behind!" said Pinkie*

*"GO!" She yelled, as the cave started to cave-in.*

*The mane 5, Zecora, the young girl, and Topaz all ran back through the hallway, which was sealed off by rocks when they left.*

*"Gilda..." said Twilight.*

*She took one last look back, then left. The ponies got in the elevator, and went up.The wave of darkness began to flood in below them. The continued to backtrack. Gilda was still holding it back as much as she could, which was the only thing stopping this energy from destroying them all. They reached the water where they had camped the previous night, when a blue mare jumped out.*

*"It is I, the great and po-"*

*The ponies ran right by her, and Trixie soon saw the wave, and she ran as well. Rocks continued to fall from the ceiling of the cave. They ran to the top of the caves, and out the door. as soon as the last pony was out, the cave-in slammed the entrance shut with heavy boulders, condemning Trixie and Gilda to their fates. The wave had reached outside, where it spread much faster and the spell reached maximum size, which was enveloping quite a large area, and exploded. The massive explosion flung parts of the world flying. Houses and bits of land were flying through the sky. Continents were moved across the world, and Equestria itself sounded as if it were groaning in pain. The ponies were flung their seperate ways, and had been knocked unconscious from the explosion.*